That's understandable, said Ovum's Lachal, because those vendors already in the ODCA are focused on large companies, and understand the constituency that makes up the ODCA, while AWS and Google are not natural participants.
"I see interaction with ODCA members as more of a top-down kind of thing, whereas AWS and Google are more of a bottom-up thing," he said. ODCA can be prescriptive and slow, whereas AWS and Google are more fast-moving.
"As ODCA gains more momentum, and as Google and Amazon move up the enterprise food chain, there may be more convergence," he said.
Peter Sayer covers open source software, European intellectual property legislation and general technology breaking news for IDG News Service. Send comments and news tips to Peter at peter_sayer@idg.com.
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